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Managing the Tools of Government: Contracting and Contract Management in the New Millennium Trevor Brown School of Public Policy and Management The Ohio State University Matt Potoski Department of Political Science Iowa State University David Van Slyke Maxwell School Syracuse University Paper for Presentation at the 2005 National Public Management Research Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Once a government decides to deliver a service to its citizens, it must then decide whether to produce the service directly through its own emp